Grammer and Punctuation

By no means do I want to sound whiny or become the Packer Forum Grammer Police, but I feel like we get quite a bit of posts that are near impossible to read because of a lack of punctuation or simply third grade level grammer.

The occasional misspelled word in nothing to fret over. Neither is the improper use of a comma. But I just read, or tried read, a 100 word post without a single period.

I know this isn't English 101, but I'd like to ask everyone to try to make their posts as easy to read as possible.

Where is that two-word-post-thread? :wink: :lol:
But you're absolutely right, mattresell. If you, as people with English as mother- tongue, yet have problems with such posts, what can I say or do? :shock: :-?

Now......on a more serious note.........some people might not be able to spell well, or know how to properly phrase something. Do we want these people NOT to post, because it might make us use our own skills a little more to figure out what they intended? If it's because of laziness, then they should be scolded. If it's because it's the best they can do, I surely don't want to be the one to push someone out of here because I was lucky enough that I had a Mother that MADE me read out loud to her. My Grandmother couldn't read or write. My Mom was the one that taught her how to write her own name.
I'm sure not going to be the one to judge.

No. That's not what I'm implying, nor do I believe anyone else is implying that either. Nobody cares if you end a sentence with a preposition, use who instead of whom, or forget the "i" before "e" except after "c" rule.

I just think it would be nice if people would use periods at the end of sentences.

punctuation is a key component to anybody's text because it tells people clearly when to end a thought or take a breath i mean come on would you really want to read one gigantic sentence without being able to reflect upon that persons perspective or ideas at least a few times during the actual post c'mon guys get it together for the sake of your fellow posters it's more of a convenience issue than anything i've seen posts about 2 paragraphs long without a period let alone a comma for god's sake it basically tells me to skip that persons viewpoint entirely so i understand completely brother matt exclamation point

No. That's not what I'm implying, nor do I believe anyone else is implying that either. Nobody cares if you end a sentence with a preposition, use who instead of whom, or forget the "i" before "e" except after "c" rule.

I just think it would be nice if people would use periods at the end of sentences.

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Mattresell, you make a good point; however, it's not only the misappropriation of the period that makes for difficult following, but run-on sentences completely elude understanding as well; and some posts seem to be an experiment in hieroglyphics rather than an expression of some Packer interest!

punctuation is a key component to anybody's text because it tells people clearly when to end a thought or take a breath i mean come on would you really want to read one gigantic sentence without being able to reflect upon that persons perspective or ideas at least a few times during the actual post c'mon guys get it together for the sake of your fellow posters it's more of a convenience issue than anything i've seen posts about 2 paragraphs long without a period let alone a comma for god's sake it basically tells me to skip that persons viewpoint entirely so i understand completely brother matt exclamation point